Zinc deficiency affects the levels of endogenous gibberellins in Zea mays L.

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1087-1090

  Sekimoto, Hitoshi ^a   Hoshi, Mitsuo ^a   Nomura, Takahito ^a   Yokota, Takao ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxylation; Brassinosteroids; Gibberellins; IAA; Zea mays L.; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030863743     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029276     Document Type: Article

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